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I didn't change myself for a man. That is a stereotype that all muslimahs resent HIGHLY.

I met my dh after I reverted. He accepted me alhamdullilah even knowing my past.
He drives me crazy, but supports and loves me.
I want to start wearing niqab(face veil), but he doesn't like it but it's my choice not his :-)

I didnt say all muslims are the same. I gave her an example because she actually said she was attacked because she was drunk and it doesnt happen in muslim countries because they dont drink. Learn to read. I might be a christian but my uncle and aunts are still secular muslims.

Mrscharlotte - op did not say any if that. It's your prejudgment that is making you interpret that.

I read she was heading down the wrong path, she was drunk and was then sexually assaulted. That experience in her life brought her to Islam. She did not say she was raped bc she wasn't wearing a hijab or that a hijab would protect her from rape.

Often very traumatic life events bring people to religion.

OP correct me if I misinterpreted your post and if you do believe a hijib will protect women from rape.

There are people in the world who respect why I reverted and covers myself and those who don't. For those who don't thank you! Everyone else?
Oh well! Not my problem. If insults bothered me I wouldn't have put myself in this situation. Especially on BBC lol.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting me and this post on a positive and informative manner.

OP, thank you for your openness, your tolerance, your commitment to your beliefs and your own happiness, and your thoughtful kindness. I am always impressed by your posts. I was raised Christian, studied many religions (as a scholar, not a practitioner) in college, and lived in a Hindu yoga center for several years. Now, I draw beliefs from many sources. I always judge a religion (in part) by the impact it had in the lives of its followers and the kind of people they become. In that respect, you are an amazing ambassador for Islam. :)

I also have been in the middle east. I saw those things happening with my own eyes. I saw men leaving themosque with jugs of gasoline and marching to a hotel to burn Iit down because atheist writers and artists were staying in it.
I know 8 or 9 men raping a little girl and not getting a sentence. And they offer her and her family to give meals for the month of ramadan.
I know girls thrown in rivers because they ran away with their lovers,
Do you wamt more examples? Noy saying every one of them are same. Trying to get OP to understand it happens everywhere. Where there are humans there is evil. Remember that?!

In my experience pretty much all men Muslim and non Muslims always lower their eyes (if not looking me like I'm going to blow them up or looking at me oddly).I feel less sexualized, but I know that it's not a forcefield.